At the first meeting of the Associated British Chambers of Commerce in Shanghai in 1919, the following resolution was passed:
"This Conference attaches the utmost importance to the education of Chinese British lines; and urges upon H. M.
"of the remission of a portion of the Boxer Indemni or the adoption of other means, in order to aid British educational instituticoms for Chinese the Far East and to meet the cost of educational and iyorational training and Jactual dealings with the Peking Government. I have only three things to say on such a rumour. (i) No one who repeats it is likely to be fined for libel ashe surely would if on such evidence as is available ha made a parallel statement about any individual. (2) No evidence.in contradiction of the statement that would be worth the scrap of paper on which it was written, if it were offered in a laweourt,' is ever likely to be forthcoming. (3) Neither is there the slightest' like-li hood of a shred of better evidence being fortreoming to confirm the statement.
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